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Audre Lorde
The revolutionary writings of Audre Lorde gave voice to those ‘outside the circle of this society’s definition of acceptable women’.
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Your Silence Will Not Protect You collects the essential essays and poems of Audre Lorde for the first time, including the classic 'The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's…
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In a new literary form this book blends together history, biography and myth, telling a story that stretches from the Harlem of the author’s girlhood in the 1930s, to the…
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A collection of poems by Audre Lorde (1934-1992). Author of 10 volumes of poetry and five works of prose, Lorde was named New York State Poet in 1991 and was…
From the self-described ‘black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet’, these soaring, urgent essays on the power of women, poetry and anger are filled with darkness and light.
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Written with a ‘black woman’s anger’ and the precision of a poet, these searing pieces by the groundbreaking writer Audre Lorde are a celebration of female strength and solidarity, and…
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A definitive selection of Audre Lorde’s intelligent, fierce, powerful, sensual, provocative, indelible (Roxane Gay) prose and poetry, for a new generation of readers.
Filled with rage and tenderness, Audre Lorde’s most acclaimed poetry collection speaks of mothers and children, female strength and vulnerability, renewal and revenge, goddesses and warriors, ancient magic and contemporary…
A complete collection-over 300 poems-from one of this country’s most influential poets.
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Professor Audre Lorde,Pat Parker
Literary Nonfiction. Poetry. African & African American Studies. LGBTQIA Studies. Women’s Studies. 2019 Over the Rainbow Booklist Selection for Nonfiction. Poets Audre Lorde and Pat Parker first met in 1969…
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The poet, Audre Lorde, depicts her life and examines the influence of various women on her development.
"Lorde's words - on race, cancer, intersectionality, parenthood, injustice - burn with relevance 25 years after her death." - O, The Oprah Magazine
Winner of the 1988 Before Columbus Foundation…
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Moving, incisive, and enduringly relevant writings by the African-American poet and feminist include her thoughts on the radical implications of self-care and living with cancer as well as essays on…
In this collection, Audre Lorde gives us poems that explore differences as creative tensions, and the melding of past strength / pain with future hope / fear; the present being…
The fourteen essays and speeches collected in this work, several of them published for the first time, span almost a decade of this Black lesbian feminnist’s work. Lorde is unflinching…
Here are the words of some of the women I have been, am being still, will come to be, writes Audre Lorde of this volume, in which she brings together…
An early collection of poems by Audre Lorde, showing her many selves: black, lesbian, mother and urban woman. Balancing these often contradictory personas provides the material for some of her…
Undersong is a remarkable poetic document…. –Adrienne Rich
This volume resonates with some of the finest poems Audre Lorde ever wrote: sinewy, lyrical, celebratory even in the face of death, and always political in the best sense. Now…
Audre Lorde (1934-1992), the author of eleven books of poetry, described herself as a Black feminist lesbian poet warrior mother, but she added that this phrase was inadequate in capturing…
The first authorized collection of notecards from the self-described "Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet" Audre Lorde, featuring four of her iconic quotes with accompanying designed envelopes.
Alexis De Veaux
During her lifetime, Audre Lorde (1934-1992) created a mythic identity for herself. Drawing from the private archives of the poet’s estate and interviews, this work demystifies Lorde’s iconic status, charting…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Audre Lorde’s Hanging Fire, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
A Study Guide for Audre Lorde’s Who Said it was Simple , excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography…
Dr. Matthew R. McLennan
Issues surrounding precarity, debility and vulnerability are now of central concern to philosophers as we try and navigate an increasingly uncertain world. Matthew R. McLennan delves into these subjects enthusiastically…
Suryia Nayak
This is the first book to align black feminist theory with critical psychology, and address the political implications of doing so. It will be of great interest to advanced students…
A Study Guide for Audre Lorde’s What My Child Learns of the Sea, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author…
Audre Lorde was not only a famous black poet; she was also one of the most important radical black feminists of the past half century. iI Am Your Sister rcollects…
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
A bold, innovative biography that offers a new understanding of the life, work, and enduring impact of Audre Lorde.
We remember Audre Lorde as an iconic writer, a quotable teacher…
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Danica Savonick
Danica Savonick traces the largely untold story of the teaching experience of Toni Cade Bambara, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, and Adrienne Rich at the City University of New York (CUNY)…
I Am Your Sister collects Audre Lorde’s non-fiction prose from 1976 to 1990, and it is the first volume to provide a full picture of Lorde’s political work.
With reproductive freedom under unprecedented attack, Choice Words, edited by poet Annie Finch, takes back the cultural conversation on abortion.
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Mary Jean Chan and Andrew McMillan’s luminous anthology, 100 Queer Poems, is a celebration of thrilling contemporary voices and visionary poets of the past. Featuring Elizabeth Bishop, Langston Hughes, Ocean…
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